Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-02-11

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 11
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
62 vs last sale 245 183 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
193 head
1 vs last sale 192 193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 9 Heifers, 8 Feeders, 2 Steers, 6 Goats and 5 Sheep were sold.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,36481.961,1184thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,69861.941,05229
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,44361.4588759
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,28854.9770871

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199101.39/cwt57
BullsNumber 29650.52/cwt20
BullsNumber 39127.93/cwt17
BullsUtility8412.15/cwt78
HeifersNumber 177155.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 275105.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9515.84/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Cambridge Livestock Auction - Cambridge, NY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 18765.65/cwt50.00–75.00578
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100205.00/cwt205.00–205.002051
BullsNumber 210355.02/cwt50.00–60.00572
BullsNumber 29455.11/cwt45.00–65.005210
BullsNumber 310429.00/cwt20.00–35.00305
BullsUtility11013.34/cwt10.00–15.00153
BullsUtility9314.99/cwt10.00–20.001412
BullsUtilityBeef Cross9015.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
Bulls1,42888.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2572
BullsNumber 1113102.95/cwt80.00–110.001167
BullsNumber 110490.88/cwt70.00–110.009517
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93208.13/cwt185.00–225.001943
BullsNumber 28537.94/cwt30.00–50.00325
BullsNumber 39432.50/cwt20.00–45.00314
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7915.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross75105.00/cwt105.00–105.00791
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10616.67/cwt15.00–20.00183
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross77155.00/cwt155.00–155.001191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31254.49/cwt50.00–57.007158
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78868.53/cwt68.00–69.001,2252
CowsLean 85-90%1,20438.74/cwt30.00–42.004666
CowsLean 85-90%1,42361.36/cwt57.50–68.0087331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44661.54/cwt57.00–66.0089043
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71563.64/cwt61.00–66.001,09118
CowsLean 85-90%1,21454.45/cwt50.00–57.0066121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55767.91/cwt66.00–69.501,0578
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64557.06/cwt51.00–61.009399
CowsLean 85-90%1,12348.06/cwt45.00–51.5054013
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross8550.00/cwt50.00–50.00431
BullsUtility10314.19/cwt10.00–15.00156
BullsUtility759.90/cwt5.00–15.00728
Bulls1,30075.91/cwt73.00–79.009872
BullsNumber 112685.00/cwt85.00–85.001071
BullsNumber 19689.37/cwt70.00–110.008617
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87185.00/cwt180.00–190.001613
BullsNumber 211553.16/cwt45.00–65.00613
BullsNumber 37620.00/cwt20.00–20.00151
BullsNumber 38321.64/cwt20.00–25.00186
BullsUtility676.29/cwt5.00–10.0044
BullsUtility8513.55/cwt5.00–15.001224

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New York auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.